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1. In this Schedule—
“article” includes a part of an article;
“the Basic Safety Standards Directive” means Council Directive 96/29/EURATOM(1) laying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionising radiation;
“contamination” occurs where a substance or article is so affected by—
absorption, admixture or adhesion of radioactive material or radioactive waste; or
the emission of neutrons or ionising radiations,
as to become radioactive or to possess increased radioactivity;
“disposal” in relation to waste includes its removal, deposit, destruction, discharge (whether into water or into the air or into a sewer or drain or otherwise) or burial (whether underground or otherwise) and “dispose of” is to be construed accordingly;
“mobile radioactive apparatus” means any apparatus, equipment, appliance or other thing which is radioactive material and—
is constructed or adapted for being transported from place to place; or
is portable and designed or intended to be used for releasing radioactive material into the environment or introducing it into organisms;
“nuclear site” means—
any site in respect of which a nuclear site licence is for the time being in force; or
any site in respect of which, after the revocation or surrender of a nuclear site licence, the period of responsibility of the licensee has not yet come to an end,
and “licensee”, when used in relation to a nuclear site, and “period of responsibility” have the same meaning as in the Nuclear Installations Act 1965(2);
“premises” includes any land, whether covered by buildings or not, including any place underground and any land covered by water;
“substance” means any natural or artificial substance, whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour;
“undertaking” includes any trade, business or profession and—
in relation to a public or local authority, includes any of the powers or duties of that authority, and
in relation to any other body of persons (whether corporate or unincorporate), includes any of the activities of that body; and
“waste” has the meaning given in paragraph 3.
OJ L 159, 29.6.1996, p 1.
1965 c. 57. Section 5(3) was amended by S.I. 1974/2056, regulation 2 and Schedule 2, paragraph 1.
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